Verse 1
A scripture test—to tell, and try
The messengers of the Most High—
“Servants of all”—are these on earth,
Yet sons of God, by heav’nly birth![1]
Godlike in temper, act, and word,
Meek imitators of their Lord;[2]
Who seek not pleasure, profit, praise,
Which vanish with terrestrial days;
But “Honour coming from above,”
Boundless as heav’n’s eternal love!
“Lord, make me fruitful,” is their cry,
“To prove my mission from the sky,
O give me children—else I die!”

Verse 2
Nor labour such for souls–in vain,
While faithful–fruitful they remain;
Weeping, with zeal through crowds they roam!
Shouting, with sheaves fly bounding home!
Wishing the world to heav’n would come!
Expecting that millennial day[3]
When earth, like heav’n, shall God obey
Nor “run they as uncertainly,”
Each know from strictest scrutiny,
By heart-felt joys, and what they see,
“I AM hath sent unworthy me.”

[1] Arminian Magazine added the footnote: “John 3:3.”
[2] Arminian Magazine added the footnote: Matt. 11:29; John 8:40.”
[3] Arminian Magazine added the footnote: Isa. 66:23.”